Global laboratory experience of CO2-EOR flooding

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 883-897

  Ghedan, Shawket ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOODS; LABORATORIES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PORE STRUCTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; LABORATORY EXPERIENCES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MISCIBLE FLOODING; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS; TECHNICAL EVALUATION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77952069175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125581-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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